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• n  (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
  the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding
  taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small
• v  wind around; move along a circular course
• v  make round
• v  pronounce with rounded lips
• v  attack in speech or writing
• v  bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
• v  express as a round number
• v  become round, plump, or shapely

• Inspired by an idea of Falcone's from the early 1980s, the pair forged a strategy of rounding up scores of Mafia associates, including the small fry, as a way to chip away at the .
• In response, the city started rounding up monkeys and caging them in a large, dedicated prison on the outskirts of Delhi.
• Yet rounding is in force on military bases and in some foreign countries.

• rounding error
• round
• round out
• round off
• labialize
• labialise
• attack
• assail
• lash out
• snipe
• assault
• polish
• polish up
• brush up
• round down
• flesh out
• fill out

News & Articles

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• Boston fan Tommy DeCarlo’s rock ’n’ roll Cinderella story
  While rounding up information about live music events for the coming week, I noticed one area show touting: Third Stage featuring Tommy DeCarlo, live Saturday at Beef O’Brady’s in Fort Mill.
  June 13, 2013 - The Rock Hill Herald
• Va. gubernatorial candidates differ on debate, too
  Just as Virginia Democrats were rounding out their statewide ticket for the fall elections this week, their party standard-bearer, Terry McAuliffe, was objecting to a rule for the first scheduled gubernatorial debate that would allow the candidates to ask each other one question. The debate, scheduled for July at the ...
  June 13, 2013 - The Washington Times
• Strip Tips: Cellphone Drive, Happy Hour, Open Bar
  Where can you lounge by a swimming pool, sipping cocktails and tanning all day, while simultaneously supporting American troops? Why, at a Strip dayclub, of course! The Light Group's Bare Pool, at The Mirage, is rounding up cellphones for soldiers at 11
  June 13, 2013 - Las Vegas Review-Journal

Quotes

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• Mitt Romney in Boston Herald
  And more recently, but still POC, Romney told the Lowell Sun in March 2006, "I don't believe in rounding up 11 million people and forcing them at gunpoint from our country. With these 11 million people, let's have them registered, know who they are....
• Brian Cashman in SI.com
  Rounding the bases he felt a pop,Cashman said. "There wasn't a tear before. Now there is."
• Ryan Doumit in MLB.com
  As I was rounding third, I saw Soto kind of gearing up like he might be catching the ball, so I wasn't sure what I was going to do,Doumit said. "Fortunately, I got there first."